Charticle: Math lesson

Public-education spending nationwide was down by 0.4 percent in 2011, the first decline since the Census Bureau started keeping track in 1977. But Chicago spent 2.9 percent more per pupil than in 2010, the largest increase among the biggest school systems even though Chicago is second only to New York in spending per pupil.

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